Boys Soccer: Conley clobbers Eagles

Thursday

West Craven's boys’ soccer team had an unorthodox beginning to its season.

Its first game was postponed because of a shooting in Vanceboro, then a rainout.

VANCEBORO — West Craven's boys’ soccer team had an unorthodox beginning to its season.

Its first game was postponed because of a shooting in Vanceboro, then a rainout.

After a 5-1 win over South Lenoir, the score was a reversed 5-1, Thursday in a match against D.H. Conley.

A scoreless defensive struggle at the half erupted into a Vikings' offensive explosion in the second half.

Nate Evans and Jeremy Mageau each scored a pair of goals before West Craven’s Dalton Williams got the Eagles (1-1) on the board, and Conley’s Carlos Ochoa netted a fifth.

“I was worried about this game after we won our first one over South Lenoir because there are still a lot of little things that we are not doing well,” West Craven coach Aaron Steele said. “With a brand new midfield and defensive backfield, we are going to take our licks a little bit.”

The Eagles’ defense played well in the first half, but the offense was stagnant.

For the game, Conley had 22 shots on goal to West Craven’s nine.

Twenty-nine minutes passed from the game until the Eagles got their first shot attempt.

“Our offense just isn’t right yet,” Steele said. “It is mostly all a bunch of clean-up stuff to take care of, but we have to have it done by conference time.”

Chase Gaskins had eight saves in the net for the Eagles.

“I think we will get there,” Steele said. “We lost pretty much our whole nucleus last year and we just haven’t found ourselves yet.”

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